Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Alternative combinations: Claenodon acrogenius, Mentoclaenodon acrogenius
Synonyms: Arctocyon mumak Van Valen 1978, Arctocyonides mumak Van Valen 1978, Claenodon mumak Van Valen 1978
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57
Belongs to Arctocyon according to P. E. Kondrashov and S. G. Lucas 2004
See also Archibald et al. 1987, Gazin 1956, Secord 1998, Van Valen 1978, Williamson and Lucas 1993 and Winterfeld 1982
Sister taxa: Arctocyon corrugatus, Arctocyon ferox, Arctocyon nexus, Arctocyon primaevus
Type specimens:
- Arctocyon acrogenius: USNM 20634, a mandible. Its type locality is Saddle, which is in a Tiffanian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
- Arctocyonides mumak: PU 17406.
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (13: Colorado, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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